Lou's Top 5 List
Top 5 Dumbest Things in the Immigration Bill

5) Taxpayers will pay for the immigration lawyers for illegal aliens if working in agriculture.

4) Illegal aliens would be given legal status just one day after their application is filed even if a background check is not completed.

3) Gang members are eligible for amnesty if they renounce their gang status.

2) Borders do not have to be secure before the amnesty program begins.

1) $2,600,000,000,000 -- That is the cost the Heritage Foundation estimates to cover the retirement benefits of 12,000,000 illegal aliens if this amnesty bill becomes law.

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ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) conducted a threat assessment survey of all field offices:

"The results of the assessment showed that most major metropolitan areas were experiencing a surge in gang activity. Additionally, the survey showed that membership of these violent transnational gangs was comprised largely of foreign-born nationals."

Source: ICE "Operation Community Shield" Fact Sheet June 6, 2007

• Gang members in the United States: 800,000
• State and local police in the United States: 708,000

Source: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California); hearing testimony June 5, 2007

Loopholes in the Senate Amnesty Bill
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) released a list of 20 loopholes in the comprehensive immigration bill today which reveals that the bill is fatally flawed and will not establish a functioning immigration system in the future.

Worksite Enforcement
The Department of Labor's wage and hour division over the past two years has cited more than 3,600 H-2A visa violations and assessed more than $500,000 in penalties.
Source: Department of Labor

The Senate Amnesty Bill
• H1-B visa program would be expanded 180,000.

• Under amendment now included in the bill, foreign students with advanced degrees from colleges and universities outside the United States would be included.

• Employers would be fined $75,000 for hiring illegal aliens.

• Employers would be made responsible for checking the legal status of employees working for contractors.